Noun
The book hit the floor with a thud.
The ball landed with a thud.
I heard a heavy thud on the roof. Verb
The ball thudded against the side of the house.
the snowball thudded against the side of my car
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Noun
Canet has to do some gymnastics to sell several of his conceits, and a few reveals land with the thud of too-easy convenience.—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026 The last-place Mets opened their nine-game road trip 5-2 and closed it with a thud.—Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 10 May 2026
Verb
The mantra is set against the kind of thudding club beat that defined the earliest phases of her career.—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2026 Boots thudded against hardwood and then started up the stairs.—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for thud